CBS urged to scrap Super Bowl ad with Tebow, mom

#27
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volinbham said:
I'm sure some folks don't like ED commercials.

I'd rather not see a pro-life or pro-choice commercial during the SB (or any time for that matter) but it's CBS's call and people are free to ignore.

Above all, I don't want to see a Tebow commercial for any product or cause.
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Come on. I'd pay to see Tebow giving that 3rd grader speech memorialized at the Swamp while giving free circumcisions to the needy (behind a curtain, of course).
 
#28
#28
armchair said:
No, it's a christian group trying to take advantage of tebow's celebrity to jam their abortion views, and his, in the country's face--tell young women how they should live their lives. It's what they do. Knowing how these groups operate, i'm sure the story from tebow and his mom will be so very touching and so very untrue. Play pro football, if you can, tebow, and keep your religious stuff in your church.
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Or, they are trying to protect the murder of the innocent.
 
#29
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strongtower said:
Thoughts on this issue are just funny. I find it funny that beer commercials are OK even when they help kill thousands of people a year in car crashes and help divide some alcoholic families and nobody argues about them and the one's who object the anti-abortion ads are the very one's who their moms gave the chance to live. There is only one choice, the one made at conception. Don't want a child then wear a rubber. Abortion is murder not a choice
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chavisut said:
Liberals never take advantage of celebrities to shove their viewpoints down our throats, never.
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Great points. Polarizing issue but every part of life in a society can't be cute fuzzy bunnies and BCS bowl victories.
 
#31
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armchair said:
No, it's a christian group trying to take advantage of tebow's celebrity to jam their abortion views, and his, in the country's face--tell young women how they should live their lives. It's what they do. Knowing how these groups operate, i'm sure the story from tebow and his mom will be so very touching and so very untrue. Play pro football, if you can, tebow, and keep your religious stuff in your church.
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how do you know its untrue?
 
#32
#32
armchair said:
No, it's a christian group trying to take advantage of tebow's celebrity to jam their abortion views, and his, in the country's face--tell young women how they should live their lives. It's what they do. Knowing how these groups operate, i'm sure the story from tebow and his mom will be so very touching and so very untrue. Play pro football, if you can, tebow, and keep your religious stuff in your church.
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It's untrue, why? Because you don't want a "touching" story to possibly make you consider another point of view? Because instead of being open-minded, you choose to be defensive and cynical?
I think the message would make more people consider the issue more heavily if they did a spot with that lady who just quit her job with Planned Parenthood. She has explained how the government was pressuring her to bring in more abortions. They were getting mad at her for decreasing trends in abortions across the country.
If that doesn't sicken you, then we probably don't have a lot in common.
 
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Panthro said:
It's untrue, why? Because you don't want a "touching" story to possibly make you consider another point of view? Because instead of being open-minded, you choose to be defensive and cynical?
I think the message would make more people consider the issue more heavily if they did a spot with that lady who just quit her job with Planned Parenthood. She has explained how the government was pressuring her to bring in more abortions. They were getting mad at her for decreasing trends in abortions across the country.
If that doesn't sicken you, then we probably don't have a lot in common.
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I think abortion is sick but I truly believe lack of freedom/choice is worse.

And I really don't want to see any "touching" story with Tebow in it. Not that there's anything wrong with that
 
#35
#35
utvolpj said:
I think abortion is sick but I truly believe lack of freedom/choice is worse.

And I really don't want to see any "touching" story with Tebow in it. Not that there's anything wrong with that
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What about the freedom of the baby to just be born?
 
#37
#37
I read a very interesting article last week that Tebow really has no idea what this will do to his commercial status. He's hitching his wagon to a group that doesn't stand in high favor of sports fans nationally. To this point his religious "antics" have been accepted based on the fact he practiced his trade in the south. Once he became a professional athlete, the public's acceptance of his religious pimping will come under much greater scrutiny. The Gatorade, Coke, Gillettes, and Hanes of the world won't find him marketable at all after he becomes a spokesman and endorser of Focus on the Family.
 
#38
#38
Or, maybe he is genuine in his convictions, and doesn't care what Fruit of the Loom thinks of his beliefs.
 
#40
#40
I don't want to get into the argument/discussion too deeply, but I felt compelled to come back and give my very brief opinion, after closing the browser the first time.

If any organization, company, or individual has the funds to make a public advertisement, I don't think we really should hush their voice. To be fair, I would honestly feel uneasy if Pro-Abortion commercial aired during the Super Bowl, or any time of the year.

Without being passive-aggressive, and picking certain people's individual views to specifically dispute, I will say one thing about the entire subject of abortion:

I believe in God, and simply can't be intimidated or ashamed to post it. WITH THAT SAID, I won't turn this into a sermon.

I want to simply say that I and everyone should thank God every day our mothers didn't make the choice to abort any of us. Anyone who has access to a computer, internet, and an opinion [via our country's freedom] are truly blessed in this short life. I am glad to have been granted the opportunity of life, and think others deserve the same chance.
 
#42
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armchair said:
No, it's a christian group trying to take advantage of tebow's celebrity to jam their abortion views, and his, in the country's face--tell young women how they should live their lives. It's what they do. Knowing how these groups operate, i'm sure the story from tebow and his mom will be so very touching and so very untrue. Play pro football, if you can, tebow, and keep your religious stuff in your church.
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I would think it would be very true - you forget that you are here voicing your opinions because you were not aborted. I get to watch shows with gay overtones, sex in mine and my families face most any night because of free speech. You should not have an issue with this ad.
 
#45
#45
Focus on the Family has the money to buy airtime for this ad and CBS is more than willing to accept their money to air the ad. I don't see the problem, beyond hypocritical liberals wishing to silence opinions that oppose their own opinions.
 
#46
#46
Vol_4_Life said:
I don't see the problem, beyond hypocritical liberals wishing to silence opinions that oppose their own opinions.
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They're supported by a letter that recently and mysteriously surfaced. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and explains that the constitution was meant to enforce a separation between church and television.
 
#47
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wheaton4prez said:
They're supported by a letter that recently and mysteriously surfaced. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and explains that the constitution was meant to enforce a separation between church and television.
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:lolabove:

Also state, school/classrooms, and sporting events. [Among others]
 
#48
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utvolpj said:
I think abortion is sick but I truly believe lack of freedom/choice is worse.

And I really don't want to see any "touching" story with Tebow in it. Not that there's anything wrong with that
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Couldn't agree more.
 
#49
#49
Here's the thing. Why are groups who are pro-choice threatened by this? I don't think TT and his Mom are preaching to change legislation here and take away women's rights. I think they are just advocating pro-life. Pro-life is a choice too, right? Well if you are pro-choice then why would you be opposed to someone advocating THEIR particular choice?

Oh wait, unless what they really mean is that they are pro-abortion and they are just saying that they are pro-choice because that sounds more palatable than saying you're pro-abortion! :question:
 
#50
#50
I find it hard to believe that a doctor in the Philippines would recommend an abortion when any form of it has been illegal there since 1930 and carries a 6 year prison term. I call B.S., like all of Timmy's little act.
 
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